as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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In 306, Constantine was leading Roman troops in Britain—then part of the Roman Empire—when his military declared him their emperor.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
At some point, a catalyst will force bondholders to recognize that the emperor has no clothes, which is what economists call a Minsky moment.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Emphasize your sadness to be apart, like Napoleon to Joséphine
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known for his ruthlessness as a ruler, but in letters to his wife, Joséphine, the military leader reveals a vulnerability not found in his autocratic approach to expanding the French empire.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
This vast ceremonial complex was built for the emperor to conduct annual rituals and pray for good harvest during the winter solstice and the beginning of spring.
—Livia Hengel, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
At some point, a catalyst will force bondholders to recognize that the emperor has no clothes, which is what economists call a Minsky moment.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Emphasize your sadness to be apart, like Napoleon to Joséphine
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known for his ruthlessness as a ruler, but in letters to his wife, Joséphine, the military leader reveals a vulnerability not found in his autocratic approach to expanding the French empire.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
This vast ceremonial complex was built for the emperor to conduct annual rituals and pray for good harvest during the winter solstice and the beginning of spring.
—Livia Hengel, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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Photo: Compass This co-op is a true one-bedroom that fits a king bed and has an actually usable dining room-slash-office area off of the kitchen (which isn’t huge but has a good amount of counter space).Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the following musical number, a grand procession through the streets of Mexico City, also functions as a plea to the viewer — to buy in, to accept the film’s idiosyncratic world, one where Rita quickly gets entangled with a drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) seeking gender-affirming surgery.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Luckily for fans turned on by Shogun to the cunning machinations of feudal Japanese lords, swordsmen, concubines and ladies in waiting, the well of samurai storytelling that inspired Shogun and Clavell’s book is very deep indeed.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The sovereign was shown one of Brown's scans, and Long, who won the Australian of the Year Award with Scoyler for their strides to save lives from skin cancer, explained the steps of treatment following a melanoma diagnosis.Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Parliament’s second line of action was to attempt to eliminate the sovereign’s ability to arbitrarily grant monopolies and other licenses.Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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A number of sports potentates will be making the Idaho scene, at a moment when tens of billions of dollars are changing hands in pursuit of ever-valuable rights.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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By cracking the whip on local potentates, the party bolsters its already substantial public support and reinforces the power of central institutions.Dali Yang, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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